By midnight, the woman had been identified as Victoria’s sister-in-law. She broke under questioning and confessed that Victoria had ordered her to plant the necklace to make Chloe look unstable.

The next morning, Victoria went on television in black, tearful. “My family is devastated. We welcomed Chloe with love, but she’s been troubled for some time.”

Lewis stood beside her. “Chloe, I love you. Please come home.”

Chloe walked to the bathroom and gripped the sink. “He says that like love is a door he can lock from the outside.”

I stepped in beside her. “What do you want to do?”

“I want an annulment,” she said, meeting her own eyes in the mirror. “And I want to stand in that room and say it myself.”